Award-Winning Punk Film “American Hardcore” Celebrates 15th Anniversary
Bobby Caughron 
Author/Filmmaker Steven Blush Celebrates the 15th Anniversary
of the Award-Winning American Hardcore Film
AMERICAN HARDCORE
Film Screening
Monday, June 23, 7pm
“Sonic Wave” Series
Orpheum Theater
156 Main St., Saugerties, NY
(845) 876-2515
Introduction and Q&A with author/filmmaker Steven Blush
followed by: Slide Show and Talk with Steven Blush, hosted by Peter Aaron
at Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 159 Main St., Saugerties, NY
American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980–1986 is a documentary based on the book American Hardcore: A Tribal History written by Steven Blush. The film world-premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Sony Pictures Classics. It addresses the birth and evolution of hardcore punk rock. The documentary boasts extensive underground footage shot during the height of the hardcore movement. It features exclusive interviews with early hardcore punk music artists from bands such as Black Flag, Minor Threat, and the Bad Brains.
“The excellent documentary American Hardcore chronicles the short-lived but influential musical moment when a defiantly anti-commercial underground put a distinctive U.S. stamp on the punk movement.”
– Variety
About STEVEN BLUSH:
STEVEN BLUSH got his start in the 1980s promoting hardcore punk rock shows in Washington, DC. He published the award-winning Seconds Magazine and served as music critic and editor for the late great Paper Magazine, where he became the first writer to cover both rock and hip-hop music. His journalism has appeared in over 25 publications, i.e. Spin, Details, Interview, The Village Voice, and The Times of London. He is the author of eight books about rock culture and sports, including American Hardcore (2001), American Hair Metal (2007), Lost Rockers (2015), New York Rock (2016), Bustin’ Balls (2020), and the trilogy of When Rock Met Disco (2023), When Rock Met Reggae(2024) and the upcoming When Rock Met Hip Hop (2025). He wrote and produced the theatrically-released, Sundance Film Festival-premiered documentary film American Hardcore (Sony Pictures Classics, 2006), and also released an expanded Second Edition of American Hardcore which is now available in six languages.
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